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I
need
a
new
coat.
This
is
a
bad
thing;
this
means
that
it
s
too
?
cold
to
wear
everything
else
I
own.
Arid
if
it
s
too
cold
to
wear
everything
else,
that
must
mean
that
win-;ter
scorning.
Well
crap.
W
But
just
because
it
s
almost
winter
doesn
t
i
mean
the
world
is
going
to
explode.
In
fact,
it
seems
-
to
me
that
everything
s
gonna
be
ok.
What,
you
say?
Everything
s
gonna
be
ok?
What
are
you
smoking,
I'Mr.
Big-Shot
Features
Editor?
you
must
be
saying
to
-yourselves.
Tuition
s
been
rising,
again.
The
Canadian
government
is
embroiled
in
scandal.
Gun-
crazy
conservatives
are
conducting
talks
to
involve
the
:;
rountry
into
a
missile
defense
program
with
the
US.
VTens
of
thousands
have
died
in
Iraq
in
just
two
short
years.
How
is
everything
going
to
be
ok?!?
Well,
I
lets
start
at
the
top.
m,
Wednesday,
October
13
marked
the
third
and
l&ial
US
Presidential
debate,
and,
to
be
fair,
the
iPresident
was
at
the
top
of
his
game.
The
top
of
his
I
game
was,
of
course,
still
pretty
pathetic.
Since
the
'first
debate,
poll
numbers
for
Kerry
have
begun
to
rise
I
:
to
write
for
us!
Said
your
submissions
to
The
FREE
FORUM
Contact
Kevin
at
eaturescncsncnc.bc.ca
again,
after
President
Bush
s
enthusiastically
received,
yet
wholly
deceptive
performance
at
the
Republican
National
Convention
seemed
to
put
him
on
top.
With
Michael
Moore
s
record-breaking
documentary
Fahrenheit
911
recently
out
on
video,
the
Western
world
has
been
given
yet
another
piece
of
intelligent,
conservative-damning
material
to
unite
around.
And
finally,
Martha
Stewart
is
on
hervay
behind
bars.
Damned
if
she
doesn
t
make
some
gorgeous
blue
window
dressings
for
those
very
bars
though.
So
you
see,
the
coming
of
winter
heralds
more
than
just
iced-up
locks
and
long,
snow-covered
driveways.
You
can
smell
the
change
coming
in
the
cool
fall
air
the
stench
of
a
thousand
lies
coming
from
Washington
D.C.
is
giving
way
to
the
fragrant
odour
of
one
or
two
slightly
less
repugnant
politicians
in
cheaper
suits
than
those
of
the
incumbent
and
his
cronies
currently
stinking
up
the
White
House.
But
what
about
at
home?
How
are
we
to
save
our
precious
Dominion
of
Canada?
Well
first
of
all,
if
you
want
to
be
dominating
anything,
you
live
in
the
wrong
country.
And
besides,
things
are
looking
up
here
as
well.
Concerned
individuals,
both
liberal
and
conservative,
are
rallying
against
Canada
s
proposed
By
Anne
Blanchard
Production
Editor
involvement
in
the
US
s
Star
Wars
program.
Visit
Ceasefire.ca
to
voice
your
opposition
to
the
weaponization
of
space;
we
have
enough
nukes
as
it
is,
we
don
t
need
any
in
orbit.
Further,
students
all
across
Canada
are
coming
together
to
protest
human
rights
abuses
here
and
abroad.
Be
it
the
cessation
of
violence
against
women,
or
genocide
in
Darfur,
young
Canadians
are
speaking
out.
To
get
involved,
visit
Amnesty.ca
and
find
out
how.
Finally,
if
you
re
still
not
happy,
just
months
from
now,
individuals
all
across
B.C.
will
have
the
opportunity
to
toss
our
lying,
cheating,
and
lying
provincial
government
out
of
office.
So
when
election
time
comes
around,
be
sure
to
VOTE.
Otherwise,
you
have
nothing
to
complain
about.
Just
be
sure
to
dress
warmly.
&?
Hftsrill
The
fall
semester
is
barely
at
its
midpoint,
and
already,
like
most
of
the
students
I
know,
I
am
inundated
with
work.
Trying
to
juggle
classes,
essays,
midterms,
and
other
assorted
schoolwork
is
difficult
enough,
but
toss
a
family
and
a
part-time
job
into
the
mix
and
the
result
is
a
schedule
that
sometimes
defies
my
attempts
to
cram
it
into
a
24-hour
day.
As
the
weeks
get
busier,
and
more
and
more
items
get
tacked
to
the
bottom
of
my
To
Do
list,
I
sometimes
feel
like
my
nephew
s
hamster,
Mr.
Nibbles,
who
spends
hours
trotting
on
his
little
wheel,
but
never
gets
anywhere.
Now,
if
I
think
rationally,
I
know
I
am
putting
tasks
behind
me
.
after
all
I
turned
in
two
essays
just
this
morning,
and
I
know
from
past
experience
that
December
will
roll
around,
and,
somehow,
I
will
have
managed
to
finish
all
the
work
that
now
threatens
to
overwhelm
me.
j
The
problem
isn
t
the
big
picture,
it
s
figuring
out
how
to
deal
with
all
the
details
that
go
into
its
composition.
I
m
sure
there
s
a
perfect
way
to
balance
work,
school,
and
family
responsibilities,
but
I
just
haven
t
found
it
yet
and
to
make
matters
worse,
now
I
m
wasting
some
of
my
precious
free
time
puzzling
over
it.
A
perusal
of
to
the
local
library
holdings
yields
a
plethora
of
books
on
organization
and
time
management,
and
help
is
even
j
rf4tlN-x
XD'!'
An
Endless
Quest;
available
through
websites
such
as
flylady.com,
which
promises
relief
from
the
disorganization
that
sometimes
devils
me.
I
m
almost
seduced
by
the
promise
of
an
organized
schedule,
and
a
calmer,
more
productive
life,
but
for
now,
it
will
have
to
wait.
Today,
the
only
books
1
have
time
to
read
are
textbooks,
and
as
for
web
browsing,
well,
we
all
know
what
thats
like:
It
starts
off
innocently
enough
with
one
peek
at
an
interesting
site,
but
suddenly
you
look
at
the
clock
and
realize
three
hours
have
passed
-
and
you
have
no
clue
what
strange
series
of
links
took
you
from
your
original
site
to
the
oddly
interesting
web
blog
you
re
now
engrossed
in.
For
now
I
have
no
perfect
solution
to
finding
balance
in
my
busy
schedule,
so
1
11
muddle
through
as
most
of
us
do
by
taking
things
as
they
come,
deciding
what
is
most
important
on
any
given
day,
and
tossing
everything
that
s
left
over
into
that
never-never
land
called
the
weekend.
Thank
goodness
there
are
four
of
them
in
every
month!
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writings
and
opinions
featured
throughout
Free
Forum
do
not
necessarily
reflect
the
opinions
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Forum
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Letters
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editor
must
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